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dregs
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dregs
(noun)
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dregs
/
ˈ
drɛgz/
noun
dregs
/
ˈ
drɛgz/
noun
Learner's definition of DREGS
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plural
]
1
:
solid materials that fall to the bottom of a container full of a liquid
the
dregs
in a bottle of wine
He discarded the
dregs
of his coffee.
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2
:
the worst or most useless part of something
people who were regarded as the
dregs of society
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